Children's Literature Briefly Chapter 16

Tunnell, Michael O. and James S. Jacobs. Children's Literature, Briefly. 4e. Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall, 2008.

While reading Chapter 16 about Controversial books it made think of history classes that I have taken that discussed book burnings of the 1960’s. It still amazes me that people can be so passionate about a book that would rather burn it then to try and learn from the book. Without these controversial books we would not be the society that we are now. We need some form of controversy in books so reading is more interesting. Also, some of the stories that are controversial are relevant to readers.